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HAWKINS v. TOWN OF SHAW, MISSISSIPPI

No. DC 6737-K.

303 F.Supp. 1162 (1969)

Andrew HAWKINS et al., Plaintiffs, v. TOWN OF SHAW, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Mississippi, Delta Division.

September 18, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben V. Anderson, Jackson, Miss., Jonathan Shapiro, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Ancil L. Cox, Jr., Cleveland, Miss., William Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KEADY, Chief Judge.

In this suit plaintiffs, who bring a class action for Negro citizens of the Town of Shaw, Mississippi, seek injunctive relief against defendants, the Town's Mayor, Clerk and five Aldermen,1 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to restrain defendants from discriminating because of race and poverty in providing the inhabitants with certain municipal services, namely: street paving and street lighting...

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